[The Final Cut]
July 25, 2007 Leave a comment
[As always, if you scroll down you’ll find some music to enjoy while you read]
I know I’ve been very fuzzy in my writing style and explanations. I’m sorry.
But first,
Nu Metal and KoRn fans, there is a new KoRn album coming out at some point in the near future.
It has been leaked, but I know you would never resort to downloading an illegal copy, right?
If you’re interested, there are preview songs on their official MySpace.
[Evolution is awesome.]
Also, check out the Simpsons Movie Soundtrack.
The SpiderPig song is great.
There’s also a more hardcore, orchestral version of the main theme song.
And now the final installment.
[read the legal blurb in the first blog (2 down) before preceding]
There is a very simple way to block your info [on MySpace] from unwanted viewer – set your account to private. That way only your ‘friends’ will be able to see it.
Or you could lie and fill your account with false details, but that’s a bit drastic.
But what about outside of MySpace?
If you’re signed up to lots of web sites, there’s going to be more details about you scattered across the Internet.
A simple google search can turn up a lot. For example, search for me – oatzy – a lot of what you find will be about or relating to me.
But for other people it’s not so easy. Again, the more you already know about a person, the more you can find about them.
If you only knew my name – Chris Oates – you’d get plenty of results, but non in the first five pages (at least) are about me.
You’d get:
Chris Oates, National Director of Tax Risk Management at Ernst & Young
“The Haunted Welly” by Chris Oates
ABCD: Chronic Poetry, Christopher Oates
OldRacingCars.com
Dr Chris Oates of Australia
Chris Oates is one of six physicists… [I like that one]
etc, etc.
But knowing I came from Wath (which you could get from my MySpace)
The first result is me!
There’s also PurpleOranges.com on the first page, which I was affiliated with.
But more importantly, the first result is a profile.
I haven’t been very helpful by putting my age as 102. But if you click on links to friends, you will find their age is between 17 and 18. Which should lead you to believe that I too am in this age range – I am.
You also note from the blogs I’m connected with, which university I will be going to.
And of course, the other thing you get from that profile is my screen name (also on MySpace)
And as I said above, searching that name will get you a lot of sites connected with me and a lot of extra details on me (possibly including e-mail addresses).
The other thing is, if a person has a wishlist (for Amazon, for example), it may be possible to reap an address from that (you may have to buy something for them).
The other advantage of the wishlist is, you don’t have to know their address to send them a birthday present.
Next, how do you get hold of someone’s mobile number?
I know of no easy ways or trick. Your best bet is, as always, ask around.
I’d also suggest reading blogs and checking profiles (specifically MySpace, Facebook etc).
Some people are careless with their number (yes even I did once).
It’s really just a matter of perusing.
And while on the subject of mobile phones.
I’m not entirely sure (I saw it in Jekyll) but I think there is a way of tracking someone by their mobile. You would of course need the persons mobile number or would need to connect to them or intercept a call, but once you’ve found them you’re in.
It might be worth looking it up on google, but I’m not going to bother.
[anyone scared yet]
And of course there are phones themselves.
New technologies, bluetooth, wi-fi etc open up new doors to stealing info from phone – steal a persons phone book and you’re laughing.
But that would be illegal, so we’ll stay away.
So how do you avoid being track?
The Simple answer – Be careful about what you put on the Internet.
I’ll just give a quick mention of this – anonymous browsing, proxies etc will keep your identity hidden while you browse, but that’s a bit of an extreme measure.
The first thing you could try is creating a fake identity for certain sites
Fake Name Generator is an amazing site.
Pick a gender, country and nationality and the site will give you a name, address, DoB, email, phone number, mother’s maiden name and a fake credit card [will not work in the real world!].
All you could ever need to sign up to a site.
The other thing is the disposable email address, good for staving off unwanted spam and probably lots of other uses.
If you need to get into a site that wants you to register, Bug Me Not might be able to help.
It lets you get into a site without having to sign up, so you don’t have to leave any personal details behind.
Anyway, that’s all I can think of.
Play safe, and don’t give away more than you need to.
[anyone paranoid yet?]
Anyhow, here’s your music.
Anyone else in the mood for a bit of jazz/big band.
Here’s some Michael BublĂ©.
You gotta love him. Love Moondance, you’ve got to listen to the Spideman Theme cover and all in all, just enjoy.
Sleep well, don’t have nightmares,
Matthew A. Johnson.
[I identity thefted your ass, mwahahahaha!]
Forward message to Sally – Happy 17th Birthday, hope the Next sales didn’t spoil it for you.